Atrazine is detected at harmful levels in more a quarter of rivers and stream miles … Few volunteer firefighters get health ...

As U.S. power demands rise, utility companies are planning to ramp up their reliance on fossil fuels — even as their emissions fuel climate change, a new Sierra Club report finds. U.S. electric ...

Alek Micklethwait stands in front of a portable air conditioning unit on August 10, 2026, at his home in Hutto, Texas. Credit: Brian Diggs for Public Watch HUTTO, Texas — When Alek Micklethwait ...

Atrazine is detected at harmful levels in more a quarter of rivers and stream miles … Few volunteer firefighters get health screenings … and more.

Nearly 600 households in Galveston lack any air conditioning, and many others struggle to afford to use it. Local aid groups are grappling with growing calls for help. This is the third installment in ...

Nearly 600 households in Galveston lack any air conditioning, and many others struggle to afford to use it. Local aid groups are grappling with growing calls for help. This is the third installment in ...

Andrews Behavioral Health, a nonprofit based in Tyler, serves as the local mental health authority for a five-county region in East Texas that includes Smith, Woods, Van Zandt, Henderson and Rains ...

LOS ANGELES – California regulators took a first step Thursday toward banning the fabrication of artificial-stone countertops, popular with consumers but implicated in a workplace epidemic of the lung ...

Maya Hart, one of millions of Southeast Texas residents who fled their homes during Hurricane Rita in September 2005, with the Galveston Bay behind her. Miles-long traffic jams, gas shortages and a ...

Gustavo Reyes Gonzalez has a severe case of silicosis from cutting countertops. He says he used water to suppress the dust and wore high-quality masks, but the fine silica powder still entered his ...